React and Interact

Pair: Nazz and Sarah (friendship)

Requested by PnFfan101; hope I can do this one justice!

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"Gosh, Nazz, you look so pretty…" Sarah observed wistfully as she and Nazz stood in front of the older girl's full-length mirror.

Nazz's pleased smile faded slightly. "Well, geeze, you don't have to sound so put out about it, dude."

"Sorry," Sarah's shoulders slumped, "But, I mean… when am I ever gonna look like that? Everyone around here worships you an' I can't compete with that!"

"Whoa, man, where's all this coming from?" The blonde turned fully to look at her friend, "Sarah, you don't have to compete with me…"

"Are you kidding? Don't you even notice that you've got every idiot around here drooling over you? It's like you've got some kinda power over them! They always listen to you." The redhead scowled and looked away from the girl in front of her.

"What? I… do?" Nazz's face scrunched together in confusion.

Sarah growled in frustration. "Ohh, never mind!" She huffed, crossing her arms tightly over her chest.

Though thoroughly confused, Nazz wasn't ready to let Sarah stew in her negativity for long. "Hey, wait right here, okay?"

A frown was Sarah's only response, but the blonde took it as acquiescence and jumped up to rifle through her dresser. "Aha!" She unearthed a small cache of photos from the back of her underwear drawer and settled down in front of Sarah once more, "Here, dude, look at these."

The red-head accepted the photos with some reluctance, flipping through them without giving the content much thought until she came to a wallet-sized school photo. "Holy Shamoley-this is you!" She exclaimed, squinting at the photo of an overweight blonde that was undoubtedly the fit pre-teen sitting cross-legged in front of her now, "When was this?"

"When I was about your age, I guess. Figured you probably wouldn't remember, but that's how I used to look. But I grew up, and look at me now! And you are pretty, Sarah, and you're only gonna get prettier." Nazz grinned, "But if you're so worried about people listening to you, maybe we can work on your attitude a little."

"Whattaya mean, my attitude?" Sarah asked, casting a wary look across at Nazz, who shrugged.

"You're a cool girl, but sometimes shouting isn't always the best option, y'know?"

Sarah mulled the comment over for a moment before nodding slowly. "I guess…" She leaned over the space separating her from her friend and wrapped the blonde in a hug, "Thanks, Nazz."

"Anytime, Sarah."

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Author's Note: Okay, I cannot promise anything. I'm sorry. I'm trying to catch up on everything I've got going and I do want to finish this, but I don't know when or if that will happen. I won't accept any requests for the time being, since I'm pretty backed up, but I will eventually if enough people are interested. Anyway, I hope what I have for now is okay and maybe there will be a little more in the future. Thanks, everyone